pulvermedia and CMP Media announced an all-star speaker lineup for IP.4.IT -- the IP communications industry's premier event targeting the enterprise scheduled for November 14-16 at the Rio Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The conference organizers also announced that VON pioneerJeff Pulver, world renowned author and former high ranking technologist of the U.S. Department of Defense and acting CIO of NASA, Paul A. Strassmann, andthe "Godfather of SIP," Dr. Henry Sinnreich will host book signing events for their respective books during the show.



IP.4.IT explores the impact of IP communications technology from a voice, video and collaborative application perspective. The event provides aforum for C-level executives, IT managers, enterprise architects, and telecom managers to share their thoughts and ideas and the possibilities for the enterprise while exploring in detail how Internet infrastructure is being applied to enterprise communications. The conference program features more than 125 speakers, including keynotes from the following industry leaders:

• Jeremy Bailenson, Ph.D., Director, Virtual Human Interaction Lab, Stanford University
• Kevin Nethercott, Founder, President, and COO, LignUp Corporation
• Girish Pathak, General Partner, ITE Services
• Jeff Pulver, founder and chairman of pulvermedia
• Toby E. Redshaw, Vice President, Corporate IT Strategy, Architecture and E-Business, Motorola, Inc.
• Mark Spencer, President, Digium/Asterisk
• Paul A. Strassmann, Consultant/Author, "The Squandered Computer"
• Jimmy Wales, Founder, Wikipedia
• David Werezak, Vice President, Enterprise Business Unit, Research In Motion

Additional sessions throughout the three-day event include:

• Sonu Aggarwal, Group Program Manager, Live Communications Server, Real-Time Collaboration Business Group, Microsoft
• Mark Bissell, Director, Enterprise Multimedia Systems, Nortel; and
• Taher Bouzayen, Senior Analyst, Telecom Strategies, Yankee Group
• Jim Cantwell, Director, IP Global Practice, Avaya
• Daniel Graves, Group Product Manager, Sun Microsystems
• Alan Johnston, Distinguished Technical Member, MCI
• Bill King, Senior Technical Marketing Manager, Cisco Systems

For a complete listing of the conference content, please visit: http://www.pulver.com/ip4it05/conference_program.htm.

IP.4.IT Book Signings:

In addition to the keynotes, general sessions, and breakout sessions, IP.4.IT also features book signing events with three renowned industry authors.

On Tuesday, November 15th starting at Noon and at various points during the day in the pulvermedia booth (#115), the following authors will meet separately with attendees to sign copies of their newly published books:

• Jeff Pulver, chairman and founder of pulvermedia, and author of "Run Your Organization in Real Time: Leverage the Power of IP Communications" (co-authored with VON Magazine's European editor Bob Emmerson).
• Dr. Henry Sinnreich, author of "SIP Beyond VoIP."
• Paul A. Strassmann, author of "The Squandered Computer" and "Information Productivity."

To find out more about IP.4.IT, please visit http://www.ip4it.com/index.html.